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Definition of Barrulet
1. n. A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width.
Definition of Barrulet
1. Noun. (heraldiccharge) The smallest diminutive of the bar, having one fourth the width. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barrulet
1. a thin horizontal heraldic band [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrulet
Literary usage of Barrulet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Heraldry: With Four Hundred and Fifty Illus. Drawn and Engraved on by Charles Boutell (1907)
"... barrulet, and Canton. Change of Tincture. Secondary Charges. Single Small
Charges. Difference! of Illegitimacy. Cadency of Crests, Badges, &c. ..."
2. Heraldry, Ancient and Modern: Including Boutell's Heraldry by Charles Boutell, S. T. Aveling (1890)
"78) is a Closet or barrulet placed on the upper part of the field, and having
three or more pendents or ribands hanging therefrom. ..."
3. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"BAR i including Closet and barrulet); see also Fcss. Arg. a bar az. ... Cross Az.
a barrulet environed with an annulet betw. two bar» and in chief a cross ..."
4. A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry by Henry Gough, James Parker (1894)
"The barrulet is a diminutive of the Bar, of which it is one-fourth, that is to
say, a twentieth part of the field; the closet being one half of the bar. ..."
5. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Coats of Arms Belonging to Families in Great by John Woody Papworth (1874)
"... arg. and az. on a fess gu. a barrulet wavy sa. ... arg. and az. on a fess of
the lust two barrulet« wavy or. ..."
6. Decorative Heraldry: A Practical Handbook of Its Artistic Treatment by George William Eve (1908)
"The barrulet, a further diminutive, is also sometimes emblazoned, ... barrulet.
The BEND (fig. 18), which also shows clearly its scarf-like origin, ..."
7. Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum by Walter de Gray Birch (1894)
"The arms are sometimes described as a chief, over all a lion rampant, but the
seal shows clearly that the chief is an error for the barrulet. ..."
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